St Mary's Church, Cardigan

St Mary's Church is an Anglican church located in Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales. In 1428, with the disappearance of Holy Trinity Church, St Mary's formally became the parish church of Cardigan. It is located close to the Cardigan Priory. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

The Parish Church of St Mary

History

St. Mary's was both the priory church of the medieval Benedictine Cardigan Priory and a parish church. It continues as a parish church.

While the church was a twelfth century Benedictine foundation, the present building dates from the fourteenth century, although substantially rebuilt. "It's blocked south door is thought is thought to have been associated with the former priory buildings."[2] In the thirteenth century St Mary's Priory church was the site of the shrine of Our Lady of the Taper, which was demolished at the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

The porch was rebuilt in 1639. In 1705, the tower collapsed; it was rebuilt over the next 40 years and was finally completed in 1748.

The stained glass window in the east wall of the chancel was installed in 1924, and depicts the Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and St John. Surviving fragments of fifteenth century glass are set in the upper tracery lights.[3]

Notable burials
David Rowlands Monument

Dr David Rowlands, Inspector of H.M. Hospitals and Fleets, Royal Navy, died in 1846. He is commemorated by a memorial tablet inside the church.[4][5]

References
  1. "Parish Church of St Mary", British Listed Buildings
  2. Vousden, N., "St Mary's Church, Cardigan", Coflein
  3. "The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and St John", Stained glass in Wales
  4. Jones, Evan Davies; Vaughan, Herbert M. (Herbert Millingchamp) (22 March 2019). "The Welsh book-plates in the collection of Sir Evan Davies Jones, bart., M. P. of Pentower, Fishguard; a catalogue, with biographical and decriptive notes". London : A. L. Humphreys – via Internet Archive.
  5. "CARDIGAN CASTLE – A HISTORY". 13 April 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.

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